Retired Emporia city manager Mark McAnarney has been filling in as interim administrator since then. Wells, who is expected to start in mid-June, will move to Marion from Collier County, Florida, ...

A 20-year-old from Wichita has been charged with four offenses in two sex-related cases. One is filed as an adult case. The other case is filed as a juvenile case because of his age at the time.

Valedictory, Graduating students reflect on education and path to adulthood, from Marion County Record for May 14, 2025 ...

A Marion grandmother who broke up a fight between two dogs in her dining room Sunday ended up at St. Luke Hospital to get stitches. Interim police chief Zach Hudlin said police were summoned to a ...

Marion County fire departments are part of a pilot program creating a state wildfire response program. So far, only Marion County fire departments and Herington’s fire department, which works closely ...

A high-speed chase Tuesday morning through Marion, McPherson, and Saline counties ended in the suicide of the driver. Anthony Marshall, 47, was a suspect in a robbery Monday of Equity Bank in Topeka, ...

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lincolnville is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its church building, including its pipe organ.

County commissioners heard the first wish list for a county budgeting Monday when representatives of the 8th Judicial District asked for $210,294.62. Chief Judge Ben Sexton told commissioners that ...

Peabody formally adopted a code of procedure for future city meetings. There was already a list of “council meeting procedures” at the back of agenda packets distributed at council meetings, but the ...

A high-speed chase Tuesday morning through Marion, McPherson, and Saline counties ended in the suicide of the driver. Undersheriff Larry Starkey said a “be on the lookout” advisory alerted Marion ...

A choir sang “Homeward Bound” and the school band played “Into the Storm.” Seniors took roses to their mothers, and honor students were called forward to receive medals. After diplomas were awarded, ...

Services for Avis Yvonne Bergman, 83, Hillsboro, who died May 10 at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Grace Community Fellowship, Hillsboro. Pastor Dave Reimer will ...